YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

By Ingrid Vanderveldt, Dell’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence. They’re using metrics that are often unworkable in the current business environment, causing growing businesses to look elsewhere for capital and increasingly towards alternative forms of financing. It’s the paradox of the modern startup.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

The Small Business Administration and the digital services agency 18F are trying to help entrepreneurs build successful companies and the 21st century digital government. The guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show explained how they’re working to do that. Small Business Administration.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

But, what constitutes success for the parties involved – investors, entrepreneurs, employees, and customers – can vary dramatically. Misaligned interests that lead to poor financing choices are often very problematic for first time entrepreneurs in young companies.   I’ve written a lot about that topic ( [link] ).

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Got a question for one of the entrepreneurs mentioned below? Do you have questions about starting a business quickly? Ask an entrepreneur! A lot of people are looking to get a business started quickly. I got to round up a group of great entrepreneurs who had been there, and get their tips so we could share them with you.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Thursday, Microsoft’s Skype launched Skype In The Workspace , a service that combines elements of Quora and social networking to create an online space where entrepreneurs can seek knowledge from one another. It makes sense that at least some of them will want to connect with each other. But ir hasn’t proven useful yet, he said.

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Up and Running

APRIL 6, 2016

By 2013, the number of annual spa visits had increased to 164 million, with total revenues of $14.7 While luxury day spas have traditionally been seen as a service that primarily appeals only to women, a number of successful spas are increasingly designing their services to appeal to men, as well as couples. Step 3: Getting financing.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Despite a 40% increase in population, Americans started about 11% fewer businesses in 2013 than 1980. Take Zen Magnets, a Colorado-based magnet distributor run by entrepreneur Shihan Qu. The battle nearly bankrupted Shihan’s business, and though he ultimately prevailed, many entrepreneurs facing similar assaults aren’t so lucky.

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